Long Workday Work?: Article Analysis

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Content from the article “Can a 6-Hour Workday Work?” connects with the theme of working conditions and production in the Industrial Revolutions. The article proposes the theory that shorter workdays and better managed use of time (work intensely, take a short break, and repeat) may result in an increase in productivity and quality of work. Studies have shown that long and stressful stretches of difficult work result in various health and mental issues. According to the article, “one recent study estimated that stress in the workplace contributes to 120,000 deaths each year and as much as 8 percent of healthcare costs in the United States”. In the Industrial Revolution, working conditions were extremely harsh as there was so much work to be

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